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also débâcles
1
as in disasters
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929
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as in failures
something that has failed
the movie, which some had predicted would be a blockbuster, turned out to be the summer's biggest debacle at the multiplexes
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debacles
Noun
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Severe weather disasters that result in damage of at least $1 billion now average 23 per year and have doubled since the 2010s, according to Bank of America.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2025 -
Heroes protect people and society from accidents, disasters, and villains—criminals who use their Quirks for evil.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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As the fallout from this incident continues, the scandal has revealed significant failures of basic security principles that everyone should be aware of — but that White House cabinet members and government officials should absolutely abide by.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Despite previous test failures and skepticism from space experts, Musk remains confident about his timeline.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2025
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Those cuts have been felt in the meager US response to the Myanmar quake, according to experts, exposing a void in international relief measures for major catastrophes.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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The ongoing civil war has caused one of the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophes and diplomatic efforts to bring the conflict to an end have failed.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Since turkeys can’t ask the typical first-date questions to field out the losers, hens have to rely on something else.—
Alice Jones Webb,
Outdoor Life,
21 Mar. 2025
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That changes the formula with the winners and losers in terms of who will get into the air and survive.—
Ross Pomeroy,
Big Think,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Violence was entrenched as a byproduct of a government that ignored the tragedies faced by those like Shirley Vasquez and her neighbors.—
Cary Goodman,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2025
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In 1997, Peart was hit with the first of a double blast of tragedies.—
William Roberson,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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The biggest disappointments this season involve Roby Jarventie not getting a recall, but that was due to injury.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Chief among the disappointments was the penalty shootout defeat by League Two Colchester United in 2019-20.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Like the tragedy of the recent California wildfires as well as so many other calamities of our time, each one impacts us all to one degree or another.—
Michael B. Teiger,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2025
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Everyone in the audience laughed when the capybara first appeared onscreen, even the little kid behind us who had cried earlier, scared of some of the calamities befalling the feline hero.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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